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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1919)
HE EVENING N Pull for a bigger, better and more prosperous Roseburg and Douglas County. THE WEATHER Tonight mid Thursday, Fair. Lowest temp, last night. 68 Highest temp. yesterday....68 The Only Paper in Roseburg Carrying Associated Press Dispatches HOSKBCllO, UOVGLAS COl'XTY. OHF.liOX, WEDN'USDAV, JULY ItO, 1DIIJ. VOIj. 10. NO. 177 FIRE FIGHTERS ARE E IfflSOFSllLETTO AMERICAN LEGION 'ASSOCIATION SIGNS AND REVOLVER MANY 10 ORGANIZE STATE OP LARGE ACREAGE WOOL NOT CLIPPED I FROM SOLDIERS AIRPLANES BURNED Chicago Race Riots Kept Po lice Department on Run All Night Long. " TWENTY-EIGHT ARE DEAD Much Fighting lil Koii'iBn Quarters of OU)' Colored Employes on . Publlo Works Sent Hoiuo Jiu-ing the llioting. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, July 30. The race riot situation In Chicago was far from clear this morning and there are fears expressed that more trouble Is In store for (he city. Bitter fight ing between whites and blacks was indulged In during a good share of lust night throughout the city, ser ioua casualties being more numerous than during any similar period of time since the trouble broke out Sunday afternoon. Although 8,000 troops are resting on. arms waiting for a call, the city government has ho fur refused to ask the military forces to take charge of the situation believing that, the matter could be coped with bypthe police. The death list Is given out as 28, two negroes being killed during the night, while hundreds of persons were injured, whites and neroes slashing each other with knives in many instances, while shooting from ambush' was not -infrequent. In many instances single negroes or whites were attacked In different parts of the city by gangs of the other race, who beat them severely and left them practically helpless. There was some looting reported to the police and probably a dozen per sons were fatally wounded during the night. It Is stated that the whites appeared the more aggressive and a great deal of the trouble had Its origin in tno foreign sections of the city. The grand Jury will un dertake to fix responsibility for the riots, which had their beginning Sunday at the luke shore beach re sorts. The August grand Jury will be sworn in Monday, and the body pro bably will begin the Inquiry imme diately. Chief Garrity suspended a police man charged with failure to arrest u white youth who threw a stone which struck an unidentified negro youth, knocking him from a raft at the 2th street beach Sunday. The nero was drowned and that In cident has generally been conceded as the start of the riots. More than 1200 negroes In emplay of the municipal government were sent home, to remain off duty uuti. the rioting ceased. All street repair work was stopped today because about one-half of the employes are negroes. The department of public works closed nine puulic play grounds in neighborhoods where whites and ne groes are patrons. The police department received notice from the provost marshal at the Great Lakes naval training sta ldfi that every effort was being made to prevent sailors joining the race riots. THY TO 8ICTTLK STIilKK. CHICAGO, July 80. W. n. Mil lion, international president of the street car employees unions, arrived here today and took charge of the strike. Mahon promised to use every effort to sttle the strike with out delay. EY GENERAL Both educators and returned sol diers will be interested in an opin ion issued today from the office of Attorney -General Brown, with re gard to the soldiers' and sailors' aid bill. As recently stated, n confer ence of educators and heads of in stitutions have agreed upon the mut ter of standards and methods of ad mintsratioD under the act; but there came up the question as to how the Immediate claims of institution? could be met, since the legislature made no other provision than the two-tenths levy to he collected next year. This question was placed be fore the attorney-general, and As ."t sitant Van "Winkle, who writes the opinion. Bhows that under the art no funds can be used for the aid of aoldlers and Bailors aside from those derived from the special levy. He points out. however, that under the amended act of 191? such a lu'-y as this becomes available January 1, 1920. nothwithstanding that It Is not collected until later in the year. A decree of divorce was granted Wattle Meserve. from Ldncoln J. le nerve. The divorce was secured on the grounds of desertion and the mother was given the custody of the minor child. Attorney John Long appeared for the plaintiff. Goal of Post in Every County Has Been Set By State Secretary Walker. CONVENTION IN SEPT. National Convention is to Ho Held in Minneapolis on November It to Celebrate Anniversary of the Armistice. According to a letter just received from State Secretary Dow V. Wul ker, the American Legion, the na tional organization of ex-service men, has set a goal, a post In every county in the State of Oregon by August zu. This means that Oregon with more thai 30,000 prospective mem bers of The American Legion, will be well organized by the State con vention which Is planned for Sep tember Already applications for charters have been forwarded to na tional headquarters at New York from 10 local posts nad as many more will be sent from state head quarters again shortly. ,JIn every county where there is no post as yet, one ex-service man is being chosen by Mr. Walker ns county organizer, whose duty will be to see that former soldiers, sai lors or marines in his locality get together as soon as possible. In counties whore there already are posts, the members of the executive committee of the post first organiz ed In the county are automatically designated a county committee to attend to the organization of other branches throughout the county and the presideut of that post becomes county organizer. In other words, the state organi zation is responsible for the organi zation of at least one post in every county and members of that post are responsible for the development of the American Legion In other parts of their county. Any town in which there are fli'toeen ex-service men to baud together may form a local post and make application to the head quarters of the state committee. Li berty Temple, Portland, for a ehar- er These applications are approved, numbered and sent to New York for final approval and issuance by the national committee of the American Legion. By August 20, a post In every coun ty, and by August 30, a post in every town or locality having furn ished more than 100 men in the world war, is the aim of Mr. Wal ker. A membership drive ihroiiKli out the nation for l.Ooo.Ooo in. -rubers, or about 25 per cent of the service men of the country, will he staged by the American Legion in September, during which month the Oregon state convention will he held in Portland. The national conentfon of the American Legion will be field In Minneapolis, on -.November I i, the anniversary of the signing of the ar mistice. THE TROUBLES OF If anyone is bothered by a prowl ing cow tonight, they had better lay-off calling up the watchman, for any feminine person, calling up of ficer Hon pes is very apt to be great ed by a torrent of invective unex- plalnahle to thone uninitiated in the secret of the efficient policeman "s wrath. Yesrterday evening shortly after the mantle of dusk had fallen over the city, Mr. Hodges was sum moned to pilot a couple of strolling bossies to the city barn. He r.nswer- ed the call in true riot fashion and had succeeded in placing a strong hemp rope around the neck nf the first cow and was putting the necktie on the second, when the one first taken over by the officer became jealous and with a loving toss of tier horns caught the rop by the rear portion of his inexpressibles and raised him several feet off the earth. The material was good, having been bought before the war. but Jess weighs In the neighborhood of 20 pounds and finally the strain prove! too much for mere cloth and he was dropped to the ground, clothed chiefly In good intentions. Thtn to complicate matters a couple nf ladles appeared upon the scene. Jess sat down. Each time he attempted to rise others of the feminine gender passed near and he was required to again change his position. Finally after he was almost 'exhausted by the continued exertion of sitting down and getting up Jess saw a male acquaintance passing and sent In the S. O. S. A jitney was called and by a series of short rushes the night cop was able to hide himself In the rear seat and was driven to his home, where he donned his Sun day "go to meet in' " duds and went back to work. Fruit Crop of 1920 Wili Be Marketed Largely Through State Organization. AGITATORS AREWORKINfi H. V, Pmilus Says That Packers Are I' sui Uie Sell big 1 Easts of Prunes to Confuse Growers. Mnga aiiie Will Kxplnhi, According to present 'indications, the fruit crop of Douglas couuty in li20 will be marketed largely tliru the Oregon Growers Co-operative as sociation. The affiliation of. the Umpquu Valloy Fruit Union with the state association adds a great aero age to the co-operat:V'orgauization and after another year it may be said that the larger part of the fruit acreage of this county will opetate through the state associa tion. Eight thousand acres of fruit alone have been signed up with tht Oregon Growers' Cooperative Asso claion at meetings held within the past few weeks, uccording.to a let ter received by J. O. Holt, manager of the Eugene Fruit Growers' asso ciation from H. C. Paulus, general manager of the state body. Mr. Holt is manager of the cauning and packing branch of the new organiza tion. Mr. Paulus states that there will be agitators out among the farmors arguing against the new organiza tion, using as one base of debate, the statement that California association members wish that, they were out of many of their respective oMuniza tions. However, figures show that over 90 percent of the bearing ton tu.ge of raisins inCalllornia has been resigned by the association members. "it is evident that packers are using the selling basts of prunes to confuse the growers", declares Mr. Paulus. "The selling basis starts with 3U-35, the-common buying basis in Oregon. Growers should bo very careful in taking statements made to them at face value, as every grower must realize that they ur given with a prejudice, and that prejudice conies from a selfish In terest in the prop sition." Mr. Paulus adds that the Oregon Grower's magazine will shortly ex plain the selling price of prunes. LANE H. L. Percy, manugcr of the Ant lers theatre, returned o this city l od a y f o r : I ed l ord v.- b e r e h ! has been attending to business mailers. During his stav in that city he made airanements with the Medford Air craft Corporation to have their air plane brought to Koseliurg the latter part of Augmft to make special trips over this city for the local citizens. The tickets for the ride in the clouds are now on sale at the Antlers for 115. The trip includes circling around the city twice and getting a general glimpse of the Pmpqua Val- Uncle Sam Says Ex-Service Men May Wear Uniforms and Use Equipment. ; .. . RELIEVES THESITUATION Sohliers Who Aro Shy of Cash WOl lie G i milled to luiow That They Aro Not Without Clothes. High Price of Civics Hurt. Now comes the joyful information that returned soldiers will be allow ed to wear their uniforms. For a tiem the general Information was that a soldier might wear his uni form for only three months from the dule of his discharge. Hut ac cording to the revised instructions, this ruling has all been changed. So Mr. Ex-soldier in case you are unable to scrape enough "Iron wash ers" together to purchase some "civies", I'nclo Sam says you can wear the olive drab. Ketufned soldiers may not only wear their uniforms without any time limit, but they may wear and uso any of the equipment they may have had when they wero discharg ed from service, according to recont instructions received by the Home service departmont of the local Red Cross. There Is Just cue provision requir ed of the former soldier, and that is, be must wear some distinctive mark to show his service. This dis tinctive mark it has been decided must be the red chevron. The law now provides that this red chevron must bo worn point up on the sleeve between the elbow and shoulder Of the coat or overcoat or on the shirt when worn without coal. However, the war department pro vides that the uniforms must be worn with due respect. While it- is permitted to wear them with the red chevron, It is understood the uniform must not be worn for every day tusks whereby It would become dirty and slovenly. And above all, the uniform must not bo worn when engaged In selling any allele to the general public. It should be saved for parades and reunions. iieshles the unllorm. the dis charged soldier is entitled to wear other equipment, and if ho did not receive them at the time of his dis charge, he is entitled to get them from the war department by w ru in to J he domestic 'distribution branch, office of director of storage. Washington, D. C. In making ap plication for equipment not given at t ho time of discharge, there must ho the affidavit of service, and also giv ing t he sizes worn. When the soldier gets this addi tional equipment, he is entitled to wear the articles, with due respect of course to the cause of which they wero worn. ley. No doubt the tickets will sell like "hotcakes." Mr. Percy will make the trip from Medford to Koseliurg in the iriiplnne. The ma chine in at Grants Pass today. Mrs. S. Naylor, of Portland, who has been visiting In the city for the past month, left tills arternoon for Eugene where she will visit on her way home. Conflicting Thoughts J Climb to Tops of Trees to Put Out Forest Fires Started by the Lightning. QuiLfy ARE PROSECUTED Pnrllcs Setting; Fiivs in I-'oionIh Aro Itrotiglit to Tri:i! in Southern Oregon. Many Fires in the A pp legate" Section. 8. C. Hartrum. Supervisor ot the Umpqua National Forest, Is aul-hori-ty for the statement that In lighting tiio fires set on the Pmpqun by the electrical storm of July 2 2, forest firemen in several instances reached and extinguished fires kindled in the tops or t rees before the II re had reached the ground. As a result or this storm there wero 25 fires on the Unipqua, all but two of which wero put out by the local five protection fore with out delay and without the necessity of procuring crows or lire ngnier. The Rock Creek and Grassy Ranch fires, on account of their inaccessibil ity and the consequent difficulty of getting crows to them, were not put under control promptly, but It Is be lieved they am now extinguished. Mr. Hartrum has received a list of prosecutions in Southern Oregon for the past few days, which shows that the forest service is making every possible effort to convict par ties who are guilty of starting the forest fires that have been raging below hero lately. Investigation into the cause of the Anderson Creek fire, in the Crater Xationnl Forest, west of Talent, dis closed that the Sulslg Lumber Com pany hail been operating a donkey eniriue. using a home-made spark arrester entirely inadequate for stop-J ping sparks. .July u, n nig ure started in a snag and burned over three hundred acres. W. W. Snlslg. manager of the Lumber Company, pleaded guilty before Justice Taylor, of Medford, and was $25.00. On the middle fork (if the Apple gate, near Ihe Interstate boundary line. J. J. Winnfngham and G. F. RcUles set fire to a bee tree and thought they had put out tbo smudge, but It later Bpread oyer about twenty acres. Messrs. Win ningbani and Kettles are now fight ing some of the numerous lightning fires, but will bo called In by phone from Medford to Yreka, California, for trial, and it Is understood they will plead guilty. TO GRAVEL PLANT Mr. Perkins, of tho Perkins Sand and Ciravfl Co.. lit Shady Point, slated today that while ut Portland the other day lie bought another rock crusher, an Austin, with a ca pacity or 2(10 yardH per day, and that ihe machine is helm.- Installed and will he ready for oiicrallon probo hly hy the first of next ween. The demand for rock In highway con struction is so heavy thai the plant was unable to keep up with orders. tw Ihe new machine was added. Soldiers Testify of Deliberate Wanton Destruction by Their Superior Officers. MACHINES ARE JUNKED Armed Cuiirils Patrol .limkeil Air craft to I'nvciit Photographing; While Toivll is Applied. No F.iitjuiglcmcm.s Fami-ed. (By Associated: Press". NliW YOKK, July 30. That thero was not only extreme cruelties prac ticed hy officers upon United States suldloru In the overseus service, lint that jiiopeiiy paid for liy Ihe peo ple's money was wantonly dostnued. iCKardkss of Iho sacrillce made hy all classes to funilsh the equlpcieiu for thu army, hi lndiouted In the oridenco given by soldiers before the houso Investigating committee to day. The sub-committee, beaded hy Uoyal Johnson, of South Dakota, which has been investigating- the charges of cruelty to American sol-dlei-H in French prison camps, today lurned Its attention to tho matter of nlloged destruction ot army property In France, which was snld to have been nccoinpllshed under direction or ofllcers: The testimony of sol diers brought in as witnesses tended to show ultor disregard or waste fulness, and that hundreds ot uir planns at Colombes-leB-l)etles were damaged and then burned. The en gines of these muchlnes were chop ped out and. the gas tanks and radi ators: saved. The dismantled planes were thrown Into scrap heaps, and while armed guards patrolled the scene to prevent photographs of tile destruction being taken, the torch wns applied. SKXATK SHY OK TltKATV. WASHINGTON, July 30. Dis cussion among members of tho sen se today Indicated that opposition to tile Franco-American treaty -is like ly to center on Ihe proposition that to rallfy the agreement would ho to directly antagonize tbo traditional Americanism of no entangling alli ances, nnd that It subverts the con stitutional rights of the Bcnnto In determining issues of war and peace. HI HMAHIXH SINKS. NEW LONDON. Conn., July ,10. Many people at tho beach at Water ford report witnessing tbo sinking of a submarine. Hatches of the dlvor were open and she went down sud denly, and 3 men are believed lo be lost. Tho submarine was the CI-2, and of obsolete typo used for experiments with depth bombs at the t-lmu of sinking, anil went down without warning. Five of the crew were saved. STIIIKU I'.NKI'.TTI.Kn. LONDON, July 30. All attempts to sellle th Yorkshire coal miners strike have been unsuecosful; the strikers and owners falling to agree at the conference held to adjust the trouble. OF TRACTORS HERE George F. Vick, stale distributor ot Fordson Tractors, spent yester day and a portion of today visiting wllh W. A. I! ii i r, local agent. Air. v Ick. only recently returned from a trip to the Fordson Factory where ho reports that the machinery I being operated night and day to koep up with tho rapidly increasing de mand. Tho factory Is fur behind in orders und at Iho time nf Ills visit had lli.noo unfilled orders. Oregon Is 00 carloads behind. "Power farming Is taking a grea ter bold than ever before." Mr. Vic!; staled this morning in conversation with a News reporter1', Fanners are realizing the great ndvantago offered by the tractor as a farming Imple ment and we aro greatly surprised by the groat Increase ot orders dur ing the past three months. Wo had hoped lo have our allotment Increas ed, but tbo factory Is so far behind that this Is doubtful. At the present time there are 800 Fordfons in use in Oregon. Hy the end or this year we will have ISOO. Many salesmen are selling ns high ;s live trnclors each day.' Mr. Vlck Is greatly plenscd with Itoseburg nnd the surrounding com munity and desired to make a longer stay, hut on account of pressing business was forced to leave this morning Tor Medford. where he will spent a short time before going on to Crnter Ijike and back to Portland by way of Central Oregon. He has formerly been located ai Hnleia. but Is now building a large garage and salesroom In Portland and will make his hcadnuurtci'K there In the future. A. If. K nudson and wife, w-ho have been visiting wllh Mrs. Knudson's father. A. Hnlzmnn, left this morn ing for Crater Lake, whero they will visit befop- itolng homo to Portland. Accused of Bruta I ly Assau Iting His Wife in a Fit of Anger With Murderous Intent. USED CRUTCH AS CLUB Suul That Later Developments Muy Include Nclghlxir Woman With . Whom Inlliiuito ICelutloiiH Wore Kept Aro Alleged. Jinny Hatfield the wolK known farmer residing about 1 4 miles east of Uosoburg, who was arrested yes terday arternoon on u charge of as sault with- Intent to kill, tho com plaint having been sworn out by bis wife, was arruignoil this morning-before Justice or the Pence, 1. 11. Kiddle nnd waived preliminary ex amination, being bound ovor to ap pear herore the grand Jury wllh hail In the sum of f 1,000 Doing fixed. It is 8.1'id that the ease fa nut develop into ono of a sensational na. turn ns Hntllold is accused by a number or neighbors In that locality or having been Intlninto with a wo man who resides in the same vicin ity. The action la snld to have elic ited previous rojriplulnt by tho near by residents, evidence, however, suf ficient to permit court net Inn lielnir lacking. Hntflold, It is nlloged, has always been of a quarrelsome disposition and litis been In slmilnr trouble pre viously. It Is also said that on num erous occasions ho has struck his wife, who 'Is quito frull nnd of a submitting disposition. Recently the husband cut his root while chopping wood nnd has boon unable to walk about as rreoly as 'usual, but. It ts nil in that lie m an aged to keep up his trysts wllh tho other woman In the case. Thursday, because his wife objected to his actions, he struck her over the head with his crutch, a null In the end cutting a gusn wnicn mill the scalp open to the houe for a distance of over two Inches. According to Mrs. Hntrield's story her husband struck her with' his fist ulso, blac'.ilng her oyo and otherwise causing Injuries to her body. Complaint Is Made. Mrs. Hatfield took no action, ac cepting the abuso until ono of hor neighbors questioned hor about tho brulnns. She at first nflemntod to explain them hy telling the story of a fall, but later told of tbo numer ousnus occurrences nnd was ndvised to seek tho assistance or the offi cers fur protection. She came to the city Siiturdny afternoon but on ac- ount of the lateness of the hour was advised to wait until Mondav. Sunday, It Is snld, Mr. llnl field at tacked her ugaln and beat her se verely with his crutch, striking her 'evBi'iu ttmesover Ihe bend wllh tho Improvised club. The nialtor was reported to Sheriff Qulno who liiimo- liately procured a warrant and plac ed Hatfield under arrest, bringing him to this city lalo yusterduy nf ornoon. When Sheriff CJulne reached the llatileld home ho foiuiil that tho far mer was not there and was told that ho was out In the woods. Fol lowing a trail for a short distance Mr. tju-lno heard four shots, evi dently fired by Hatfield ns a signal to his lady friend. A few moments later he cumo walking down the trail currying an army rifle loaded with regular army ammunition. Ho was laced under arrest and brought to Itoseburg nnd lodged In the county Jail. He -is the owner of n small ranch ind has been endeavoring to sell It ;ind it is claimed that the refusal of Mrs. Hatfield to sign the deed also was one of tho reasons for the as sault upon his wife. E AND FISH ARE PLENTIFUL IN STATE Onmo and fish aro more plentiful 'n Orepon than they have ever been. Interest In puttie protection In on tho in'TQ.ifle. and tho day of poaching f.r he h;ik of poaching Is pant. Cliinii ihesiHiiiiU are bernming very numer uiM and the number of ane hens nd i mil sir game birds Itt surprising in many sectlonx. These aro tho salient points of a report made Monday by State Game. Warden Carl Hhoemaker upon his eturn from a two weeks tour of tho -ntire stato, during which ho mado i careful survey of flan and gume 'onditton In tho various sections visited. "In all sections of the state game seems to abound. The reports on and actual contact with wild life bring out splendid h'tnting prospects for the fall. Conditions in general are brighter thin I really expected to find them despito good reports that had been coming into game hoad iuarters," soya Shoemaker.